CHAPTER X. 



THE GALLOP IN PLACE. 



This movement, and that which fol- 

 lows, may be performed only by a col- 

 lected horse in the hands of a skillful 

 rider. Under such circumstances there 

 should be no difficulty in producing these 

 brilliant effects. 



When we first put the young horse 

 into the gallop, we find it difficult to keep 

 him at a measured rate of speed in a reg- 

 ularly-cadenced stride. But by the re- 

 straint of the hand, and the support and 

 [150] 



